PEDIATRICS Vol. 23 No. 2 February 1959, pp. 424-428
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NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

The new Congress will be urged to approve as quickly as possible a supplemental appropriation of $1,500,000 to replenish funds for lifesaving heart surgery in children, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare Arthur S. Flemming announced.

The high cost of surgery in children suffering from congenital heart conditions and increasing demands for such surgery have exhausted funds available to support State programs for the current fiscal year.